Article #27 - A morning Revery (sic)

[This paper has much insect damage. Below is a fragment.]

...is previous to us, it departs not hastily. From yonder field comes the odor of the new hay but yesterday the victim of the scythe. The brook makes pleasant music, and the songs of the birds blend with it so sweetly that our hearts when hearing them must surely feel that God has given all lovely things for our benefit, and these might teach us to feel anew each day that He intended our lives to be as harmonious and beautiful as theirs.

            The sun has not yet come to greet the new day, but his entrance hall becomes illumed

and we know that he approaches, and will